Fire-escape



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G. H. HERRINGTON &-..M. HELLAR.

FIRE ESGAPB. 7 No. 307,941. Patented Nov. 11,1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. HERRINGTON AND MARTIN HELLAR, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

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' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 307,941, dated November 11, 1884.

Application filed February 27, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. HERRING- TON and MARTIN HELLAR, of Wichita, Sedgwick county, Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Escapes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists of a cheap and effective fire-escape, consisting of one or more which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a building in elevation, with a series of tire-escape wires arranged and constructed in accordance with our invention; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4, views of portions of said wires, showing different modifications of the guards or loops formed therein or thereon.

A in the drawings indicates the top outside cornice or upper portion of a building, and B B a series of wire fire-escapes firmly secured at their upper ends thereto, and arranged to descend, in convenient proximity to the doors or windows 0 of the different stories, down to or near the ground. These wires, which may be of any suitable style or kind and size, are formed or provided at convenient distances apart with loops or guards B, for hold or support by or of the hands or feet, or both, of a person, to enable him or her to descend with ease and safety to the ground, or to permit of the ascent of firemen engaged in extinguishing a fire. These loops or guards consist each of a stirrup, I), connected by a loop, a, with (No model.)

the wire, and arranged, as shown at the left hand of Fig. 1, to project laterally from the wire alternately in reverse directions, to pro vide for the convenient insertion successively of the right and left feet when ascending or descending by the wire. More than one person may safely descend by each of these wires at the same time, and the guards enable him or her to do so with case.

These wire fire-escapes are both cheap and efficient, and free from all complicated ap pliancesliable to get out of order which characterize manyfireescapes. They may be placed to connect with every window and door in hotels, factories, dwelling-houses, and other buildings, and will afford ready means of escape for a large number of persons in the shortest possible time.

If desired, the wires may be fastened at every loop by nails or staples driven through them into the building.

It will be observed that the loop a of the preceding guard B serves as a handhold, while the stirrup b of the succeeding or lower guard B serves as a foothold.

\Ve are aware that it is old, broadly, to form the descending wire or rope with loops or to attach thereto rings to serve as foot and hand holds. I

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A fireescape consisting of one or more wires or wire ropes, each provided with guards arranged alternately or successively on opposite sides of it, and consisting each of a stirrup, b, and a loop, 0, arranged side by side, for use on the exterior of a building, substantially as specified.

GEORGE H. HERRINGTON. MARTIN HELLAR.

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WV. D. FORD, A. L. AUSTIN. 

